AB 954

If a city, village, or town (municipality) pays the health insurance premiums for

its employees who are fire fighters, this bill requires the municipality to pay such

premiums for the surviving spouse and dependent children of a fire fighter who dies,

or has died, in the line of duty.

The requirement created in the bill does not apply to a surviving spouse who

remarries or reaches the age of 65, or to a dependent child who reaches the age of 18

and is not a full-time high school student. The bill requires premium payments to

be made for a dependent child who is a full-time or part-time student in an

accredited college or university until the close of the calendar year in which the

individual reaches the age of 27.

The bill first applies, retroactively, to a fire fighter who has died in the line of

duty before the effective date of the bill.